Systematic Testing of Model-Based Code Generators

  • Authors:
  • Ingo Stuermer;Mirko Conrad;Heiko Doerr;Peter Pepper

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Unlike for conventional compilers for imperative programming languages such as C or ADA, no establishedmethods for safeguarding artifacts generated by model-based code generators exist despite progress in the field of formalverification. Several test approaches dominate the engineering practice. This paper describes a general and toolindependenttest architecture for code generators used in model-based development. We evaluate the effectiveness of ourtest approach by means of testing optimizations performed by the TargetLink code generator, a widely accepted andcomplex development tool used in automotive model-based development.